COLLECTING COINS IN DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES http://www.dig4coins.com/news/world-mints/col...
If you are like most people, the last few months have been tough on your pocketbook let alone your psyche. We are, at least for the immediate future, in tough economic times. For some people, there are difficult decisions that have to be made:
How biometrics could change security http://www.coinsdig.com/how+biometrics+could+... Recent losses of personal data held on discs, laptops and USB keys by governments and companies have highlighted the need for better security. Here Dan Simmons looks to see if biometrics can help.
Global slowdown hits BMW profits http://www.bizaims.com/articles/business+econ... Carmaker BMW has seen profits fall sharply and says it cannot provide a forecast for 2008 and beyond because of the uncertain economic climate. The German firm said net profit fell 63% for the three months to September to 298m euros ($375.5m; Ā£236.5m).
THE COIN MARKET AS WE SEE IT http://www.dig4coins.com/news/world-mints/exc... With all the turmoil in the financial markets you would think the rare coin market would be on its death bed. NOT! Without a doubt, even though we have been harping the coin market has been going through what we will call a “quality correction”¯ of 10-20% (probably more like 30-40% now), nice, fresh, original, and truly rare coins have NOT decreased in value by any noticeable measure
Aid convoy sets out in DR Congo http://www.bizaims.com/articles/social/aid+co...
A UN convoy has set off to provide water and medical supplies for 250,000 people displaced by recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the first aid in a week for those stranded in areas controlled by renegade Gen Laurent Nkunda's forces.
Hubble works but servicing slips http://www.coinsdig.com/hubble+works+servicin... The final mission to service the Hubble space telescope has slipped deeper into next year, Nasa has announced.
Officials said the delay would give engineers extra time to prepare a spare control unit needed to replace one that broke on the observatory last month.
Bush Signs Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act http://www.dig4coins.com/news/world-mints/bus... President Bush on Wednesday signed into law the Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (H.R. 5872). The act authorizes 350,000 silver dollar coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 2010.
The Original Commemorative Quarter http://www.dig4coins.com/news/world-mints/the... We’ve entered the last year of the popular modern commemorative quarter program. For better or worse, all fifty states have created designs and the final mintages will hit the nation’s cash registers during the remainder of the year.
The Royal Canadian Mint Wins Coveted Awards at the 2008 World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany http://www.dig4coins.com/news/world-mints/the... Ottawa, Ontario ”“ The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) added to its star-studded line up of award-winning coins when Krause Publications bestowed the Coin of the Year and Most Innovative Coin Awards on the RCM’s laser-etched $50 Palladium Big Bear and Little Bear Constellations coin series at the 2008 Coin of the Year Awards.
From the Royal Mint Museum... http://www.dig4coins.com/news/world-mints/fro... The Royal Mint Museum houses one of the finest coin collections in the world, containing some of the most outstanding rarities of the modern British coinage.
The “Suicide”¯ of U.S. Army Private LaVena Lynn Johnson. In army there are murders or suicides? http://www.bizaims.com/articles/social/the+su... According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Private LaVena Lynn Johnson killed herself on July 19, 2005, eight days before her twentieth birthday. Exactly how did she end her life? She punched herself in the face hard enough to blacken her eyes, break her nose, and knock her front teeth loose. She douched with an acid solution after mutilating her genital area. She poured a combustible liquid on herself and set it afire.
A Collection Worth One Million Dollars to Be Auctioned http://www.coinsdig.com/numismatics+blog/coin... DLRC Auctions is delighted to announce its forthcoming sale of the Southern Seated Dollar Collection, which is composed of 31 different specimens of proof Seated dollars, featuring a number of very rare ultra-low mintage coins.
